Word: deweyitis
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Brave Heart. The Dewey train was homeward bound. Optimism filled the eastbound streamliner. Said the Governor: "I think I re-established my roots in the West...
...Dewey strategists were certain that the Governor had accomplished his main objectives. He had shown himself to a lot of people. He had reminded the country that he was a self-made Midwestern boy. He had impressed on some Republican leaders the need for stampede-proof, Dewey delegates...
...also impressed, and pleased, some rank-&-filers. One of them was Chief Red Cloud of the Sioux Indians. At Cheyenne, the Chief had made Dewey a member of the tribe, presenting him, in a speech in Sioux, with a red-dyed, turkey-feather headdress. Princess Blue Water had translated: "We're a-namin' him Brave Heart. We're for him for President and with what he's a-doin' he's got to be brave...
...Dewey had accepted the headdress, being careful not to put it on. "None of this St. Calvin stuff for me," said he sotto voce, remembering how Calvin Coolidge had looked in turkey feathers...
...running mate for Tom Dewey is a problem to which Dewey strategists have to give some thought. Dewey recently talked to Harold Stassen. Last week Stassen arrived in San Francisco on his own presidential campaign. Would he consider the vice-presidential nomination? Said Stassen: "I would not consider running with Dewey...